Barr predicts 'abuse of government power' if Trump elected again | The Hill
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by Nick Robertson - 12/23/23 1:16 PM ET
Former Attorney General Bill Barr warned that his successor in a possible second Trump administration would have to oppose the former president's "abuse of government power."
Barr, who left Trump's White House on poor terms in 2020, claimed members of the cabinet would struggle to act as guardrails for the president if he's reelected in 2024 — just as he and others did during Trump's first term.
"Trump needs people around him who will push back and help keep him on the straight and narrow," Barr said in a Fox News interview Saturday.
"During his first term, the main way that could be done is by pointing out to him how this would hurt his prospects for a second term," he continued. "Once he wins a second term, I don't know you know what considerations can be used to push back against bad ideas."
Barr has repeatedly criticized Trump and does not support him for the 2024 GOP nomination. Instead, he urged GOP voters to coalesce around a candidate like former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, who has shot up polls in New Hampshire in recent weeks.
The former attorney general warned that a second Trump term wouldn't be productive, arguing it would be centered on political retribution against Democrats for what the former president views as targeted attacks now.
"One of the one of the reasons I'm against Trump as the nominee is because I don't think he's going to move the country forward," Barr said.
"I'm worried that his style of governance, his continuing to pander to anger and frustration versus a constructive approach to solving our problems, is going to be chaotic and not accomplish very much," he added. "He'll be a lame duck president."
Asked to give hypothetical advice to Trump's next attorney general pick, Barr said he would urge them to stand up to Trump when needed.
"He has to be ready to say no and to resign," Barr said of the hypothetical attorney general. "Trump has made it plain that he's going to respond to what he considers the left wings' 'no holds barred' approach by fighting fire with fire."
"I think for people going into that administration. I think they have to be ready to oppose the abuse of government power," he added.
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I, for one, will become ecstatic when folks here learn what fascism actually is instead of merely labeling everything you don't like as fascism.
All one has to do is Google the word or buy a dictionary.
Pretty sure nobody is hiding the definition from you.
Yeah, none of the definitions show it being used as you do.
Go figure, huh?
Or from you, not that THAT matters, obviously.
As the gop descends unto Fascism with Trump and his MAGAs!
Always good for a laugh.
Yea yea yea.
He also said he would never vote for Biden. Interesting the author left that fact out.
If Trump is the gop nominee a lot of conservative establishment voters will sit on their hands and not vote. Moreso than in 2020...
Whatever. It will still be enough votes to beat Biden, if Joe decides to go forward with his fall from grace.
One can only hope this is true.
So Brandon the human fuck up machine and his career criminal family profiting on his position stay in power.
One can only hope Democrats are forced to finally pay for what they have put this country through for the last 8 plus years and couinting.
Keeping Democrats in power will end our Democracy.
That’s the goal for many of them. Bolsheviks. Nothing more.
My statement was about Trump NOT being PotUS. I do not want Biden to be PotUS either. But that is not the topic.
I wish partisans would cease with the extreme rhetoric. It is ridiculous. Nobody smarter than a lemming buys that crap.
Signed,
The Trumputin Crime Syndicate..
Mario Puzo hadn't seen anything yet. His classic 'The Godfather' was based on the Pope Borgia and his family - he considered them the first crime family and based the Corleones on him and his family members.
I'm big on mafia history and the Borgias
Rogues such as Steve Bannon have a head start.
I always enjoy seeing movie references - use many myself.
Lots of lemmings seem fixated on Trump and calling things "threats to democracy" then.
Yeah what immense power he has!
Every rational mind should be concerned that the irresponsible, vindictive narcissist Trump could be the next PotUS given he has already illustrated that he will abuse the influence of the presidency in an attempt to undermine the CotUS and violate the pillar of democracy — the vote of the electorate.
Real threats to our Democracy….
- a flaccid border policy
- an unrealistic energy policy
- abusive fiscal policy that illegally bypasses the constitutionally mandated role of congress managing taxpayer purse strings.
- no attempt to unite nearly half of the country. Quite the opposite actually.
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Traitor Joe has abandoned sanity with regards to the border.
I'm sure he will refill the national reserves soon!
Traitor Joe is still bragging (and inflating the numbers) about how he sidestepped SCOTUS.
Funny how Traitor Joe manages to spew put a few platitudes every once in a while, only to reveal his true nature with dumbass remarks about conservatives, the GOP, and anyone who ever supported Trump.
Say, didn't the Bidens profit handsomely from the wife of the mayor of Moscow?
Wait wait wait now.
There is no actual video of Biden taking an envelope full of cash from the mayor's wife, so there is no evidence that he profitted off anything.
Ask any leftist.
They'll tell ya!!
Yes, I am aware of the penchant some have to excuse anything a Biden does.
I expect no less from those who ardently support a traitor like Joe Biden.
And they say we defend Trump.
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Some folks would rather vote against someone than for someone.
That is insane to me, but here we are!
Stuck with Traitor Joe.
Sad.
Yet here you are engaging in absolute over the top partisanship.
Pretending somehow that Democrats current abuse of power is somehow acceptable. As compare to the potential abuse of power if Trump gets reelected. Believe I heard all of this shit before the first time Trump was elected. Including that he would start a war. No new wars under Trump; but two brand spanking new proxy wars under Brandon.
I wish you and the rest of the leftist lemmings braying non stop about Trump would apply 1/2 the scrutiny to the Brandon Adminstration.
You really mean:
Garland; Weiss; Wray; Smith; 50 former CIA/FBI directors; the entire Russian Collusion investigation; Democrats in the House and Senate; and countless state and local AG's and DA's.
They are the only Crime Syndicate associated with Trump. The US would be more than happy if they went the way of the US Mafia. Maybe the Cartels will take them out for infringing on their territory.
Let us all know what position in government Steve Bannon holds and how he is abusing it?
Yet, the witnesses against Trump are from inside the gop...
You need to explain that nonsense.
Where, exactly, do I state / suggest/ imply that?
Do you think Trump will not abuse the influence of the presidency if reelected?
This is your problem. You think everyone to your political left is a 'leftist' and a D. And then you throw in 'lemmings' which also makes no sense. The evidence against Biden is still weak and circumstantial. I know you object, but it actually is weak. If it turns out that Biden took money for political influence then I will be as critical of him as I would any other politician for doing likewise. In contrast, however, the evidence against Trump is overwhelming.
You emotional complain that people are critical of Trump (well, no shit) and are not as critical of Biden. You apparently are ignoring the evidence against Trump and inflating that against Biden.
Again, that is a problem only you can fix.
Deliver the evidence of your claim of "absolute over the top partisanship".
You will clearly fail to do so.
Yes, it is as if Bill Barr was not a right-wing MAGA veteran!
There is a lot of alternate reality in place in much of the current GOP.
What exactly is Biden's "fall from grace"?
Seems he has been making rational decisions.
Just not far-right wing radical decisions.
We should talk about Trump's never-had-grace.
He has proven to be a traitor, and we aren't even sure who he is really working for.
Sure, selling us on Bidenomics WHILE claiming people can't pay their debts, letting the border be overrun--all sane decisions!
/s
True, you can’t really fall when you start in the shitter on day one.
His border policy is rational? Nope
His energy policy is rational? Hardly
His fiscal policy is rational? Not when he spends money illegally.
Is his complete failure to unite the country as promised, rational? Nah
Nope. Liar Biden ran as a moderate and has operated as a progressive stooge
You never had it better than under Trump. Certainly better than now. Well, except for a few mean tweets and such.
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Also forgot to mention the dems whined about Bill non stop when he was AG, calling him a liar at every turn. Now all of a sudden he is a prophet.
Yep, funny how that works.
He isn’t prophetic, is the staying the blatantly obvious. Fuck Bill Barr, he played a large role in putting g us in this position to begin with.
Barr was a top MAGA yet he now says, "Trump is dangerous"...
My god man, he changed his mind!
And?
Well Barr, thanks for staying the obvious. Will you now own up to your part in enabling this.
Barr’s vote wasn’t enough in 2016 to put him over the top.
he won't be able to remove the trump shit stain and aroma from his legal career in this life.
if barr had nuts bigger than a gnat's, he'd release the full unredacted mueller report and then face the music. he has no remorse for his part in trump's illegal activities.
another mackerel snapping hypocrite...
Former Attorney General Bill Barr warned that his successor in a possible second Trump administration would have to oppose the former president's "abuse of government power."
Trump abusing his power would be poetic justice.